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Here in Central Europe there is a general tacit understanding that "of course it was the Americans". It just doesn't make sense to the people that Russia did it

• usrusr 4y ago
  Crippling any "make money not war" faction that might build in Moscow. No path to money, no threat. An all-in commitment forced on the unwilling, and on the perhaps unwilling who might change their minds. And with a generous side of doubt and distrust in the West, particularly after that Biden remark. The list of possible universes we live in even includes one where Russia did it, but would not have done without that invitation.